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AUGUST N. SALZMANN, OF ARENA, WISCONSIN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1907.

Application filed January 14,1907. Serial No. 352,331.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST N. SALZMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Arena, in the county of Iowa, State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to gates, and more particularly to that classwhich are designed to be opened from a vehicle and hence without thenecessity of alighting tl1(1(';l1'0111, and the primary object of theinvention is to provide means of novel construction for operating thelatch upon the gate before the gate is moved and to 011]- body thelatch-actuating means and the gate-moving means in one device.

Broadly speaking, the invention resides in the provision of a swinginggate having its hinged vertical end bar extended above the gate andprovided at its upper end with a grooved wheel around which and in thegrooves are engaged cables, lovers to which the cables are connected, alatch device, and means carried by the vertical end bar of the gate andadapted for actuation by the initial turning of the wheel to operate thelatch.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in end elevation of agate and gate-moving mechanism constructed in accordance with myinvention, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the gate closed and in sideelevation, Fig. 3 is a side view of the gate and its gate-operatingmechanism the gate being open, Fig. 4 is a plan view of the gate and itsmechanism, Fig. 5 is adetail vertical sectional view through the upperend of the vertical end bar of the gate and the wheel thereon, and Fig.6 is a view showing in full lines the engagement of the latch-operatingdevice with the spokes of the wheel when the gate is to be opened andshowing in dotted lines the position of the device when the gate is tobe closed.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the numeral 10 denotes agate post and 11 a gate having a vertical end bar 12 which extends abovethe upper end of the gate and which is hingedly connected with the gatepost in any well-known manner. Posts 13 and 14 are arranged in positionfor engagement by the outer end of the gate when in closed and openposition respectively and upon these posts are arranged keepers 15 and16 re spectively for a latch upon the gate, which latch will bepresently described. The upper end of the vertical end bar 12 of thegate is reduced as at 17 and upon the upper end or reduced portion isrotatably mounted a wheel 18 which is grooved and which includes spokes19 and a spoke 20 which is located between two of the spokes 19 for apurpose to be hereinafter stated. The

numeral 21 denotes a cable which is engaged around the wheel and in oneof the grooves of the same and is secured thereto. The ends of thiscable are connected with a lever 22 at opposite sides of the point ofpivotal connection of the lever with an upright 23. This lever hasconnected to it at one end one end 01' a cable 24 prel'crablyconstructed of a strand oi wire which is connected at its other end tothe upright 23, the purpose of this cable being to hold the lever at aslight inclination and nearer a horizontal position than a vertical one.The cable 25 similar to the cable 21 is engaged around the wheel 18 andin the other groove therein and is secured to the wheel in this grooveand has its stretches crossed as indicated at 26. The ends of this cable25 are connected to a lever 27 which is similar to the lever 22 andwhich is pivotally supported by an upright 28 and held in the properposition by means of a cable 29, similar to the cable 24.- The lower endof each lever 22 and 28 has connected to it a pull rope 30 by means ofwhich the levers may be moved by a person standing upon the ground. Fromthe foregoing it will bercadily understood that by rocking the levershorizontally, the wheel 18 will be turned.

Pivoted upon the gate 11 is a latch 31. which has adj acent its pivotpoint an upwardly directed arm 327 In order that this latch may bedisengaged from the keepers 15 and 16 before the gate is swung open orclosed, 1 have provided a latch-operating device which comprises a rod33 from a point adjacent the middle oi which projects an arm or branchwhich is first directed laterally as at 34 and thence upwardly as at 35.This portion 35 and also the corresponding portion of the rod 33 extendin slightly diverging planes and to the same distance, The horizontallyextended portions 34 01' the device is pivotally connected with thevertical end bar of the gate so that the upper end of the arm 33projects between one of the spokes 19 and the spoke 20 and the arm 35between the spokes 19 and atthe lower end of the rod 33 is connected oneend of a wire 36 which has its other end connected to the upwardlydirected portion 32 of the latch. A finger 37 projects outwardly fromthe vertical end bar of the gate adjacent its upper end and between thefingers 38 and 39 carried by the wheel 18. A helical spring 40 isconnected to the gate and to the rod 33 adjacent its lower end andserves to normally hold the rod in position to drop the latch.

From the foregoing it will be readily understood that by swinging eitherof the levers, the gate being closed, the wheel will be turned so thatits spokes 19 and 20 will engage the upper ends of the arms 35 and 33respectively to rock the gate latch-operating mechanism and .raise thelatch and that further rotation of the wheel will cause the gate to beswung open. To close the gate the operation of the parts is identicalwith the exception that the arm 33 engages the spoke 20 to unlatch thegate and one of the depending fingers upon the wheel eug'ag'es thefinger upon the vertical end bar of the gate.

What is claimed is The combination with a gate and its vertical end barof a wheel mounted for rotation on the upper end of said end bar, meansadjacent said gate for rotating said wheel in either direction, amovable latch on said gate, an approximately vertical rod pivotedbetween its ends and formed at a point distant from its upper end withan upwardly directed arm, the upper end of said rod and said arm beingprojected between different pairs of spokes of said wheel, a wireoperatively connecting said rod with said latch, fingers depending fromsaid wheel and a finger on the end bar projecting horizontally betweensaid depending lingers.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

AUGUST N. SALZMANNl Witnesses E. BILLINGTON, \VILLIAM 01cm.

